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ASIA 224 - Japanese Popular Culture and Literature

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as JAPA 224  and MEDS 224 ) This course examines Japanese popular culture as seen through popular fiction. Works by writers such as Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, and Murakami Ryu, etc. who emerged in the late 1980s to the early 1990s, are discussed. Literary works are compared with various popular media such as film, music, manga, and animation to explore how popular youth culture is constructed and reflects young people’s views on social conditions. This course emphasizes discussion, and theoretical readings are assigned.   Hiromi Dollase.

Prerequisite(s): One course in Japanese language, literature, culture, Asian Studies or Media Studies, or permission of the instructor.

This course is conducted in English.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS


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